Shoe-lace-tipping tool



A. C. JACKSON.

SHOE LACE TIPPING TOOL.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 30, 1921.

1,432,558, v Patented 001;. -17, 19223.

Patented fi st. 1?, 1922.

warren sraras ,earanr orrica ARTHUR C. JACKSON, OF PHILADELPHIA,PENNSYLVANIA. ASSIGNOR TO THE MILLER LOCK COM'IANY, OF IHILADELPI-IIA,PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENN- SYLVANIA.

Application filed July 30,

To all whom it wmg ooncemi:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR (I. JACKSON, a citizen of the United States,residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certainImprovements in Shoe-Lace-Tipping Tools, of which the following is aspecificatlon.

My invention relates to certain improvements in tools for securingmetallic tips to the end of shoe and other laces.

One object of my invention is to construct the tool so that it can bemade comparatively light and strong so that it will withstand thepressure exerted when cri1nping the tip onto a lace.

A further object of the invention is to make the body portion of asingle pressed piece.

These objects I attain in the following manner, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my improved lace tipping tool;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view;

Fig. 3 is a plan view;

Fig. 4 is a detached perspective the body portion;

Fig. 5 is an inverted perspective the body portion;

Fig. 6 is a detached perspective the lever;

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the sliding jaw; and

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of a portion of a shoe lace, showing a tipsecured thereto.

Referring to the drawings, 1 is the body portion of the tool made in asingle piece having a handle 2, side members 3 and an anvil section 4-made U-shaped and connect ed to the side members. The portions 5 of theanvil section act as guides for the sliding jaw 6, Fig. 7. This jaw hasa curved end 7 of substantially the same curve as the view of view ofview of anvil 4 so that, when the metallic tip a is placed in theopening 8 formed by the anvil and the aw, it will be pressed around theend of a shoe lace Z). The side members 8 of the body portion areconnected at the base by a web 17, Fig. 5, which is a continuation 1921.Serial No. 488,616.

of the handle 2. By making the body portion. in one piece, as shown inFigs. 4 and 5, which has been pressed up from a blank, the necessarystrength for a tool of this type is obtained.

9 is a lever shown in detail in Fig. 6, slotted at 10 to receive therear portion of the sliding jaw. The pivot pin 11 passes throughopenings 12 in the body portion and openings 13 in the lever and througha slot 1% in the jaw. The lever is connected by a pin 24 with a jaw, asclearly shown in Fig. 2. The pivot pin 11 acts as a guide for the rearend of the slot 10, while a pin 15, which passes through a slot 16 inthe jaw, acts as a forward guide, sothat, when the lever is drawn downtowards the body portion by force, the sliding jaw moves forward towardsthe anvil 4. A spring 18, carried by a pin 19 on the lever 9, has twoarms, one arm bearing against the handle of the body portion and theother against the lever. The tendency of the spring is to move the leveraway from the body portion.

This tool can be cheaply manufactured and can be made light, so as to beeasily handled, without losing any of its substantial qualities.

'The anvil and the jaw can be shaped so as to taper the tip of a shoelace, as in Fig. 8, or to make the tip of an even diameter throughout,if desired.

I claim:

1. The combination in a tool for tipping laces, of a body portionpressed from a single piece of metal to form a handle portion, sidemembers, an anvil, and parallel guide portions connecting the anvil witheach side member; a sliding jaw mounted between the guides of the bodyportion and having a groove in its face so as to form, with the anvil.an opening for the reception of a tip; a lever pivoted to the bodyportion and connected to the sliding jaw; and a spring tending to holdthe lever away from the handle of the body portion.

2. The combination of a body portion consisting of a handle; sidemembers; guides extending from the ends of the side mem;

connected to the sliding jaw, the jaw being slotted for the passage ofsaid pivot-pin and having a second slot; and a guide pin on the bodyportion extending through the slot so that, when the lever moves the jawtowards the anvil, the pins will guide the jaw.

ARTHUR C. JACKSON.

